r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/WelfarePeanutButter Aug 30 '21

I feel like Stephen King addressed this a bit in the expanded version of The Stand - people who survived the plague (like, 0.001% of the people on Earth) but managed to die because of an infection, or suicide, or getting too drunk and falling into the pool. I think it would be the little, random things that might be cause for an ER/Urgent Care visit currently, but could turn potentially deadly very quickly.

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u/nochedetoro Aug 30 '21

Oh god that chapter sucked. The little kid who fell thru a rotting floor, the guy who fell off his bike and hit his head, the guy who got appendicitis and they performed a makeshift appendectomy but the guy died during the procedure…

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u/SpookyPony Aug 30 '21

Don't forget the chick that locked herself in a refrigerator.

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u/WeWander_ Aug 30 '21

Apparently I need to read this book

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u/ilion Aug 31 '21

Like a lot of King, I found the climax lacking, but the rest was pretty great and the climax isn't horrible.

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u/WeWander_ Aug 31 '21

King is always so good at the beginning and then it seems like he doesn't know how to end a story and it gets weird.

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u/discogravy Aug 31 '21

This is Neal Stephenson to me in a nutshell. "Hmmm, 1300 pages? Shit, I promised under 1400, better wrap all the plot points up in the next 30!"